With frequent stops at pop culture meccas, and unforgettable encounters with humans of singular interest, the NPR Road Trips series introduces listeners not only to far-off locations and unusual destinations, but to the people who inhabit them, and seek them out. Each story focuses on real locations, real people, and real history in the thought-provoking, imaginative and entertaining way listeners have come to expect from NPR.

"Stories that take you away"--Container. Selections originally broadcast between April 9, 1999, and June 28, 2011.

disc 1. Family vacations : Introduction / (Noah Adams) (44) : Hard-learned lessons from the family road trip / (Laura Lorson) -- All things considered, August 10, 2007) (3:39) -- Family camping / (Joel Achenbach) (Morning edition, July 3, 2000) (3:25) -- Educational vacations / (Ellissa Ely) (All things considered, March 4, 2002) (2:16) -- History of the vacation / (Cindy Aron) (All things considered, June 17, 2009) (4:04) --Low-cost glories of the drive-in movie / (Robert Smith) orning edition, August 10, 2009) (4:20) -- Pink jeep chronicles / (Andy Raskins) (All things considered, September 7, 2004) (7:58) -- Taking the great American road trip, Google-style / (Marc Horowitz and Pete Baldes) (Weekend edition Sunday, August 16, 2009) (2:40) -- A summer outing to Chincoteague Island / (Neda Ulaby) (Day to Day, August 25, 2006) (8:15) -- Who needs a fancy cruise if you've got inner tubes? / (Tom Goldman) (All things considered, August 10, 2009) (4:31) -- Pirates of the Caribbean / (Andrea Cooper) (All things considered, July 8, 2003) (3:26) -- The discomfort zone / (Jonathan Franzan (that is, Franzen)) (All things considered, September 4, 2006) (3:26) -- Setting sail with family, imperfections in tow / (Marion Winik) (All things considered, January 18, 2005) (3:44) --Memories of going on staycation / (Laura Lorson) (All things considered, July 25, 2008) (3:08) -- Lost and found sound : a Partridge family vacation / (Marika Partridge) (All things considered, December 3, 1999) (12:55). disc 2. Roadside attractions : Introduction / (Noah Adams) (:59) -- Destination : time capsule / Charles Phoenix and Steve Proffitt) (Day to day, June 11-13, 2007) (6:23) -- Unraveling the story behind a big ball of twine (Morning edition, Nov. 29, 2004) (3:55) -- Roadside attractions fading from landscape (Morning edition, November 28, 2007) (3:35) -- Riding Seattle's Space Needle (All things considered, July 4, 2001) (3:03) -- Missile museum sparks Cold War memories (All things considered, February 9, 2007) (4:10) -- Present at the creation : Burma Shave signs (Morning edition, January 21, 2002) (5:42) -- Backyard folk art thrives in Michigan (Day to day, July 30, 2008) (6:08) -- Is there an age limit on road trips? / (Desiree Cooper) (All things considered, August 22, 2006) (3:42) -- Cypress Gardens, essence of Florida / (Diane Roberts) (Weekend edition Sunday, March 14, 2004) (2:42) -- Preacher selling Elvis Museum on eBay / (Bill Beeny) (Day to day, November 7, 2007) (3:58) -- At velvet museum, get in touch with kitsch (Morning edition, May 22, 2008) (3:58) -- Finding faith along America's highways / (Timothy Beal) (All things considered, June 20, 2005) (7:46) -- Blue Chevrolet / Charlie Barnet) (All things considered, July 4, 2002) (7:59). disc 3. Postcards from around the globe : Introduction / (by Noah Adams) -- China : the new Silk Road (Morning edition, August 6, 2004) (7:18) --Switzerland : a bit of road and a mischievous GPS named Heidi (Weekend edition Saturday, August 2, 2008) (2:31) -- A new passage to India (Weekend edition Saturday, April 16, 2005) (7:16) -- Papua New Guinea : highlands celebration (Day to day, March 12, 2007) (3:25) -- Teen to attempt solo sail around the globe (Day to day, May 30, 2008) (8:26) -- Dubai : robot jockeys give camel racing a modern twist (Morning edition, May 22, 2007) (3:36) -- United Kingdom : a very British rail-riding experience (Day to day, February 13, 2006) (2:03) -- Brazil : Rio's Carnival (Tell me more, January 30, 2008) (2:53) --Canada : kayaking among the icebergs (Weekend edition Sunday, September 15, 2002) (3:08) -- Nepal : 1970s nostalgia thrives in Katmandu (Morning edition, March 20, 2008) (4:06) -- Spain : running of the bulls, for kids! (Morning edition, August 19, 2004) (3:58) -- Antarctica : wintering in the South Pole (Weekend edition Saturday, April 26, 2008) (8:53) -- China : a walk through Beijing's vanishing hutongs (All things considered, August 20, 2008) (4:43) --Romania : jet lag, a tool for recapturing youth (All things considered, November 29, 2007) (3:43) -- France : April in Paris (Morning edition, August 22, 2000) (6:38). disc 4. National park adventures : Introduction (by Noah Adams) (1:00) -- Eavesdropping on America's national parks (All things considered, August 23, 2005) (4:51) -- Hearing voices : the geysers of Yellowstone Park (Day to day, August 12, 2005) (3:34) -- Climbers reclaim world record on El Capitan (Morning edition, July 3, 2008) (4:17) -- A brief history : the smallest national park site (All things considered, June 30, 2008) (4:05) -- Cast of thousands keeps Grand Canyon humming (Morning edition, June 30, 2008) (7:14) -- Tale of lost love haunts White Sands (Morning edition, July 1, 2008) (2:45) -- Old army friends, divided at Gettysburg (Morning edition, July 2, 2008) (3:33) -- Mount Rushmore now offers pre-carving history (Day to day, July 2, 2008) (4:34) -- Biologists train dog to hunt Everglades python (All things considered, February 28, 2005) (5:09) -- Environmental educator eyes Yosemite roadkill (All things considered, July 2, 2008) (4:19) -- New Orleans park has ear for jazz (All things considered, July 2, 2008) (3:07) -- Nature, neighbors guide composer's notes (All things considered, July 4, 2008) (6:02) -- Angel's Landing at Zion National Park (Day to day, July 6, 2006) (4:18) -- Wet winter brings life to Death Valley (Day to day, March 3, 2005) (8:41). disc 5. Fairs and festivals : Introduction / (by Noah Adams) (:48) -- Garrison Keillor at the Minnesota State Fair / (Garrison Keillor) (Talk of the nation, August 4, 2009) (4:44) -- Postcard : Texas State Fair / (Wade Goodwyn) (All things considered, March 20, 2008) (2:39) -- A break from politics at the county fair (Weekend edition Saturday, September 4, 2010) (2:40) -- Hard work, some play at the Iowa State Fair (All things considered, September 19, 2008) (3:31) -- Swine bring "Olympig" racing to county fairs (Weekend edition Sunday, August 12, 2007) (3:59) -- Postcard : collectibles at the fair (All things considered, August 10, 2003) (2:38) -- "Lovey" replaces "sooey"' in husband-calling contest (All things considered, August 31, 2009) (3:35) -- The Minnesota State Fair on a stick / (Bonny Wolf) (Weekend edition Sunday, September 5, 2004) (3:07) -- Voices from the National Cornbread Festiva lVirginia (Day to day, August 1, 2008) (4:55) -- Mountain View Folk Festival (Day to day, May 16, 2005) (3:16) -- Iowa's Butter Cow Lady (All things considered, June 28, 2011) (3:31) -- Competitive wood chopping in West Virginia (Day to day, August 1, 2008) (4:55) -- Mountain View Folk Festival (All things considered, August 28, 2008) (3:32) -- Melvin the Human Blockhead / (Joe Richman) (All things considered, November 13, 2001) (2:42) -- The Phelps of food caning / Barbara Schaller) (All things considered, August 23, 2008) (3:06) -- The Funnel Cake King (All things considered, August 23, 2008) (4:11) -- On the midway : a Fairbanks carnival / (Jeff Sands) (All things considered, September 6, 2010) (3:14) -- Lost & found sound : carnival talkers / (Jay Allison and Rachel Day) (All things considered, April 9, 1999) (10:27).